CORAL GABLES — Several notes from UM’s first practice of bowl season on Friday, 16 days before the Hurricanes take on South Carolina in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl (3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, ABC):

Virginia Tech is next, which means it is not the best time for the Hurricanes to be down a key special-teamer.

Late in Saturday’s 55-34 win over Cincinnati, long snapper Ronnie Regula, a senior walk-on who also works on coverage teams, was helped off the field with an apparent right leg injury. He was unable to put weight on the leg.

CORAL GABLES – With the season-opener less than five days away, UM coach Al Golden has not released a final depth chart. UM will practice until Saturday, giving players to make last-minute cases for playing …

CORAL GABLES — The Hurricanes expected their second scrimmage would help decide their quarterback race.

If the division of labor in Monday’s scrimmage is any indication, they might have their guy.

According to a UM spokesperson, the Hurricanes held graduate quarterback Jake Heaps out of the scrimmage “to rest his arm.” A source close to the program told the Post that true freshman Brad Kaaya took most of the snaps.